# Uda Village, Jokihat, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Jokihat, Araria 

# Uda

Uda is a village in Jokihat sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **5,037 people in 982 households**, the 16th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 5,037people (2011)
- 982households
- 50.4%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Uda PIN code and other codes

Uda falls in Jokihat sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChirah
- Community development blockJokihat
- Census village code222176

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Uda from nearby towns?

- Jokihat (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)20 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)20 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Uda?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Uda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sisauna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Araria
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Uda known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 69% of the 269 hectares of village land is sown, and 131 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Uda

Of every 100 households in Uda in 2011, 3 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uda · ■ Jokihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****4%**

**17%

Television ****2%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**30%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Uda?

■ Uda · ■ Jokihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.4%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**961

Working population ****24.1%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.1% for men and 43.2% for women. 43% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 232 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 341 (28%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 41 (3%) · **■** Marginal 597 (49%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jokihat

- Bhuna Majgawan6,074 people
- Chaukta5,825 people
- Masuria5,547 people
- Matiari5,062 people
- Chilhania4,990 people
- Bardenga4,876 people
- Parshadpur4,814 people
- Bagnagar4,709 people

[All 99 villages in Jokihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/jokihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Uda from Araria?20 km by road
- What is the population of Uda?5,037 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uda in?Araria district (Jokihat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Uda?50.4% (Census 2011)